O Canada - part 2

The second and third days of my Canada trip were spent in Toronto, a much newer looking and feeling city than Montreal. Below is a shot of the South African War Memorial in downtown Toronto commemorating Canada's participation in the infamous Second Boer War of 1899-1902 between the British and Dutch.



First we had lunch at Nota Bene with French Food at Home




host Laura Calder,



a really intriguing woman with an impressive personal story.


Later in the day we had dinner at One restaurant with David Rocco and his wife Nina,



who both work on David's Italian cooking and travel show La Dolce Vita.



I enjoyed a wonderful entree


of Orecchiette with merguez sausage, tomato, chili and labneh.


The next day we had breakfast as the Fairmont Hotel where we met up with Roger Mooking (2nd from left),



host of Everyday Exotic,



who like me has Caribbean roots (he's from Trinidad) and lived his early life in Edmonton Alberta (I was born in nearby Red Deer Alberta).